GIS and JI: competition or cooperation Zsolt Lengyel SenterNovem Carboncredits.nl Budapest, 25 April 2008
26 April 2008, Budapest REC Workshop - Facilitating Green Investment Schemes2 Outline 1.Purpose: provoking thinking and focusing on bottlenecks 2.Crowding out? 3.Competition and cooperation 4.Some recommendations...
26 April 2008, Budapest REC Workshop - Facilitating Green Investment Schemes3 1. Crowding out effects spotted... Buyers’ side: funds set-aside for KP mechanisms incorporates GIS less for JI/CDM Host’s side regulatory attention towards GIS, whilst JI systems are not fully operational Project level alternative routes creating even more confusion Co-existence of GIS/JI is a fact, how to improve the situation?
26 April 2008, Budapest REC Workshop - Facilitating Green Investment Schemes4 2. Competition and co-operation Project differentation for GIS/JI have a clear picture what project type (technical) is suitable for which scheme (EU ETS influence, baseline and monitoring) Regulatory preferences and clarity attention to both systems at the same time (allow suppliers to chose) Governance do not distort; make it easy (or difficult) Do not spread your resources too thinly!
26 April 2008, Budapest REC Workshop - Facilitating Green Investment Schemes5 3. Some recommendations... One step at a time? get your Track 1 JI ready before GIS ( if you cannot make Track 1 you may not succeed with GIS) Identify the key GIS implementation challenges if you do not have a credible Environmental Fund, set it up! Learning by doing the biggest lesson of JI is that one should start acting....and constantly adjust/correct... Watch out for lessons of Latvia/Hungary/Romania and those active in the field
26 April 2008, Budapest REC Workshop - Facilitating Green Investment Schemes6 Contact details for SenterNovem (Carboncredits.nl): Visiting address: Postal address: Catharijnesingel 59Postbus GG Utrecht 3503 RE UtrechtNetherlands Tel: Fax: Homepage: